Patents by Inventor Ronald Neil Frankel

Ronald Neil Frankel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Media sharing communications system
    Patent number: 9882945
    Abstract: A system retrieves media content from a first media content provider for access by a sharing user, and receives an indication that the sharing user desires to share the media content with a receiving user. The system determines an identity of the receiving user and shares the media content by sending an intermediate link that identifies the media content to a computer system of the receiving user. The system receives an indication that the receiving user has selected the intermediate link, and communicates an identity of the media content and the identity of the receiving user to an intermediate server. The system obtains, from the intermediate server, a first universal resource locator (URL) that was determined based on the identity of the media content and the identity of the receiving user. The system retrieves the media content from a second media content provider using the first URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Synacor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Neil Frankel, Jacob Robert Woodward
  • MEDIA SHARING COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140280498
    Abstract: A system retrieves media content from a first media content provider for access by a sharing user, and receives an indication that the sharing user desires to share the media content with a receiving user. The system determines an identity of the receiving user and shares the media content by sending an intermediate link that identifies the media content to a computer system of the receiving user. The system receives an indication that the receiving user has selected the intermediate link, and communicates an identity of the media content and the identity of the receiving user to an intermediate server. The system obtains, from the intermediate server, a first universal resource locator (URL) that was determined based on the identity of the media content and the identity of the receiving user. The system retrieves the media content from a second media content provider using the first URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald Neil Frankel, Jacob Robert Woodward